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Aveion Curtis Bolden, 20

Posted June 13, 2014

Aveion Curtis Bolden, a 20-year-old black man, was shot and killed Friday, June 13, in the 8600 block of South Figueroa Street on the border of Vermont Vista and Vermont Knolls, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records. Two other people died in the same shooting.

Bolden and his girlfriend, Jacinta Walker, along with two others, were in the back seat of a silver Toyota Camry about 10 p.m. getting ready to go on a double date, when a red Nissan Altima with two people inside pulled up beside them, said Los Angeles police Det. Dave Garrido.

A person inside the Nissan fired about 10 times, striking Walker and Bolden.

Anthony Alonzo Cudger, a 25-year-old black man who was inside the Toyota, returned fire, striking Trevor Andre Williams, a 33-year-old African American who was in the passenger seat of the other car.

Bolden and Walker were pronounced dead at the scene at 10:20 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Williams was driven to a nearby fire station, at South Main Street and East 108th Street. He was found dead inside the car. The driver, a black man, fled.

Cudger was arrested on suspicion of murder but was released June 17. Prosecutors declined to file charges because the investigation found that Cudger had acted in self-defense, said Greg Risling, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County district attorney.

The shooting was the latest in an ongoing feud between two street gangs – the Main Street Crips and the Hoover Crips, authorities said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (213) 485-1383. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

Jacinta was in my class at a continuation high school and so was Aveion's brother.

The usual things will be said but Jacinta rarely showed to school and other students of mine who have also been killed in this manner - there have been four in my 11 years of teaching in South LA also rarely showed and /or were oppositional in school. From the illiterate post above it is clear the community needs to stress education above all else. Teachers can't do it alone. I know I should probably be more sensitive in my writing but I just can't- I'm tired of seeing the same things over and over and over again. Two young people are dead and we can't just "send love" we have to ask why and we have to ask why academic success and good judgment (not hanging around gang members) is not stressed more.

I'm sure there will be a nice funeral - but if at least 1/10 of the attention had been paid to the academic issues facing Jacinta as will go into her funeral, perhaps she would have been home studying instead of in a car with someone who was armed. The person in her car was armed for a reason- and it wasn't to go hunting squirrels.

— LA TeacherJune 21, 2014 at 8:34 p.m.“

The person who killed the two occupants in the vehicle intended to kill everyone in the vehicle, if the passenger who shot back wasn't armed all 4 would be dead, in this case I think and I'm glad the passenger was armed because like it or not he saved countless lives, because the shooter would have continued his killing spree and eventually kill an innocent person. I'm sure Mr. Williams has killed before and the two he killed that night just added to his list of murder victims. The passenger was armed for protection against wild animals like Williams, there's no proof that Anthony Alonzo Cudger was out to kill, he defended himself and the driver, it's good he was armed.

Its crazy how u lose the ones u love so soon i will forever love u aveion.

— tha generals daughterJune 25, 2014 at 10:34 p.m.“

Sending my love.....someone needs to have a talk with that second person posting....it's really non stop on both of these children's stories...sad

— tanisha sJune 26, 2014 at 8:18 a.m.“

At the end of the day, everyone was in the wrong. They were armored for what reason again? What war are they actually fighting? Its not fair to keep claiming Jacinta and her boyfriend was innocent. You people act like they didn't make a video an hour before they were murdered explaining what they were going to go do to their rival gang. They all know what they signed up for, and that was either death or jail. No one was innocent here, just a group of ignorant gang members with no parental guidance.

— AnonymousJune 27, 2014 at 12:54 p.m.“

Each day u learn some the new...a video made? Wow tell me more love tanisha

— tanishaJuly 12, 2014 at 12:34 a.m.“

what war is anyone fighting?? troops have been over in Iraq (or wherever they're at now) for over 10 years, and aint nothing been accomplished... So don't act like it's just senseless violence over here... All violence is senseless... we need to learn how to treat eachother better as a people, teach these kids to love one another and hope and pray that the next couple of generations get the message... So when somebody says someone is a "soldier" don't criticize them because they didn't go out fight the war you wanted them to fight... Most of these kids are born into this... and aint no dischargin' in these streets...